You know “Once in a Blue Moon” means something rare. You may even know that a Blue Moon occurs when there are two full moons in one month. But did you know one of the reasons why the moon sometimes appears to be blue is because of man-made pollution? "Physically colored Blue Moons are rare, …

  TELL PRESIDENT OBAMA WE NEED A PLAN TO FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE

Ah, the end of summer. Such a bittersweet time. The bustle of back to school, the sun setting earlier, the endings and beginnings. Around here the end of summer means saying goodbye to the fleeting Vermont sweet season. Swimming in ponds and lakes, the weather's rarely too hot, refreshing cool nights and bright, sunny days. …

  A butterfly’s transformation—from minuscule egg, to chubby caterpillar, to pod-like chrysalis, and finally into an intricately decorated, delicately winged creature—strikes the perfect balance between magic and science. My introduction to the more scientific aspects of a butterfly's life cycle came at the age of eight, when as a budding naturalist,

Lupe Anguiano Oxnard, California Lupe is a fantastic example of a woman who saw a problem and didn’t stop till it was solved. Her City of Oxnard, CA was about to be polluted by several Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) proposals from Gas and Oil Companies. LNG is easy to store and transport but if it …

This post was written by Tracy Sabetta: The city of Ironton, Ohio is close to the southernmost tip of the state. The area once claimed abundance of coal and iron ore, and with its two rail lines, became a hot bed of trade in the 1800s. But as the decades went on, miners excavated most …

Last week, I was over at a friend’s house, and when I went into her kitchen to get a glass of water, I noticed her trash basket was filled with glass bottles, a newspaper, and an unwashed metal tin from a take out order. “Don’t you separate your recyclables?” I asked her. “No,” she replied, …

Do you know the children’s book, A House is a House for Me by Mary Ann Hoberman? If you don’t, I’ll catch you up on this sweet picture book poem that begins: A hill is a house for an ant, an ant. A hive is a house for a bee. A hole is a house …

SUPPORT STRONGER LIMITS ON HARMFUL SOOT POLLUTION

This is a guest post by Michigan Moms Clean Air Force member, Angela Youngblood: When I was in elementary school, every spring we would watch a special movie. My teacher would roll the projector into the classroom, set up the film strip and turn out the lights. Once a year we watched a movie called, “The …